| Anjan Bhattacharjee | |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Cachar, Assam, India |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Bihar |
| Year1: | 1970-71 to 1972-73 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 57 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.12 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 13 |
| Deliveries1: | 1865 |
| Wickets1: | 35 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 27.08 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/10 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/27463.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 19 November 2017 |
Anjan Bhattacharjee (25 December 1950 – 5 December 2022) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1970 to 1972. He was deaf.
Bhattacharjee was born in Kushiarkul village of Jalalpur Tea Garden in Cachar district, Assam, India.
Bhattacharjee made his first-class debut against Orissa in the Ranji Trophy in December 1970. He took 6 for 26 in the first innings as Orissa were dismissed for 81.[1] P. N. Sundaresan, writing in Wisden, described him as "[playing] the game with great zest and never [sparing] himself whether bowling or fielding".[2]
In the first match of the 1971–72 season Bhattacharjee took 3 for 54 and 7 for 10 against Assam, dismissing them for 32 in the second innings, when they batted two men short.[3] In each of his first two seasons Bihar progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. He was less successful in 1972–73, which was his last first-class season.
Although he was no longer playing first-class cricket, Bhattacharjee received the Arjuna Award in 1974, thus becoming the first cricketer of Bengali descent to receive the award.[4] He captained the Indian deaf team against Australia in 1978 and 1985 and against Pakistan in 1982.[5] He later served as President of the Asia Deaf Cricket Federation.[6]
Bhattacharjee died on 5 December 2022, aged 71.[7] [8] [9]